The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-15
BILL NYE AND JAY GOULD.
THE HUM0RlST PAYS HIS RESPECTS TO
THE RICH PHlLAnTHR0PlST.


Appreciated-A Few Sunday Reflections
on Millionaire and His Prospects-A
Rich Mans Possibilities in Paradise.
1t had been ten long weary years
since ! last met Jay Gould until call
ed upon him yesterday to renew the ac-
quaintance and discuss the happy past.
Ten years of patient toll and earnest
endeavor on my part, ten years of
philanthropy on his, have been filed
away in the grim and greedy hereto
fore. Both of us have changed in that
time, though Jay has changed more
than / have. Perhaps that is because
he has been thrown more in contact
with change than l have.
Still, ! had changed good deal in
those years. for when l called at Irv-
ington yesterday Mr. Gould did not
remember me. Neither did the watch
full but overestimated dog in the front
yard. Mr.. Gould lives in comfort in
CHEEKY home, surrounded by hired
help and barbed- wire fence.
BY wearing ready-made clothes, in
stead of having his clothing made es-
pecially for himself, he has been enabled
to amass good many millions of
dollars with which he is enabled to buy
things.
Carefully concealing the fact that l
had any business relations with the
press, gave my card to the person
who does chores for Mr.. Gould, and,
apologizing for not having dropped in
before, / took seat in the spare room
to wait for the great railroad magnate,
Mr.. Gould entered the room with a
low, stealthy tread, and looked me
over in a cursory way and yet with the
air of a connoiseur,
II believe that have never had the
pleasure of meeting you before, sir"
said the great railroad swallower and
amateur Philantropist with tinge of
railroad irony.
eyes, sir, we met some ten years
ago" said |, lightly running my fingers
oyer the keys of the piano in order to
show him that was accustomed to the
sight of piano. II was then working in
the rolling mill at Laramie City, Wyo.,
and y on came to visit the mill, which
was then operated by the Union Pacific
Railroad Company. You do not re-
member me because l have purchased
a different pair of trousers since saw
you, and the cane which l wear this
season. changes my whole appearance
Also remember you, however, very
much"
''Well, if we grant all that, Mr. Nye.
will you excuse me for asking you to
what / am indebted for this call P"
'Well, Mr.. Could" said /, rising
to my full height and putting my soft
hat on the brow of the Venus de Milo,
after which seated myself opposite
him in degage Western way, "you
are indebted to me for this call. That's
what you're indebted to. But we will
let that pass. We are not here to talk
about indebtedness, Jay. If you are
busy you needn't to retusn this call till
next winter. But am here Just to
converse in quiet way, as between
man and man. TO talk over the past,
to ask you how your conduct is and to
inquire If | can do you any good in any
way whatever. This is no time to
speak pieces and ask in a grammatical
way TO what you are indebted for
this call My main object in coming up
here was to take you by the hand and
ask you how your memory is this
spring. Judging from what l could
hear, was led to believe that il was a
little inclined to be sluggish and afro
phled days and to keep you awake
nights. Is that so, Jay P"
mo, sir; that is not So"
avery well, then l have been misled
by the reports in the papers, and am
glad il is all mistake. Now. one thing
more before GO Did it ever occur
to you that while you and your family |
are all out in your yacht together some
day, sudden squat. quick lurch
Of the lee scuppers. atremulous move
ment Of the main brace. a shudder of
the spring boom might occur and all be
over ?"
Yes sir. I have often thought of
It, and Of course such thing might
happen at any time but you forget